Carter's Adventures in Educational Technology

It helps if we are thinking of the same thing when we hear the word innovation. My favorite explanation is from George Couros (2015), he defines innovation as “a way of thinking that creates something new and better.” He believes that “innovation can come from either “invention” (something totally new) or “iteration” (a change of something that already exists), but if it does not meet the idea of “new and better,” it is not innovative… It is a way of considering concepts, processes, and potential outcomes; it is not a thing, task, or even technology. Technology can be crucial in the development of innovative organizations, but innovation is less about tools like computers, tablets, social media, and the Internet, and more about how we use those things.” (p 19-20) Technology alone is not disruptive either, How it is used determines if it’s disruptive or not. Disruptive can be thought as transforming something to where a large number of people that did not have access to it and ...

EDLD 5303 is unlike any class I have taken because this class was a gift of time, time to work on my e-portfolio and to explore myself as a learner. I only had one assignment and that was to develop an e-portfolio as a way to house and display examples of our work and learning as we pursue our master's degree. We were encouraged us to develop our blogs, learn more about COVA and CSLE, and explore the importance of an e-portfolio to a learner. A benefit of this class was getting to know our classmates, we were put into small groups so we got to directly interact with our fellow classmates and learn more about them. I enjoyed exploring their sites more in depth, getting ideas from them, and sharing ways that we can improve our own websites. Steven, Kristen, Diana, and I met through Google hangouts to discuss small changes we could make and provide feedback to each other. It was very helpful having that sounding board in a smaller environment, it gave me more confidence for whe...